Door-hanger.



D. E. WILLARD.

060R HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, I916.

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

DONALD E. WILLARD, 0F DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

specification of Letters Patent. j

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

Application filed April-19, 1916. Serial No. 92,119.

To all whom it may concern Be it known'that I, DONALD E. IVILLARD, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Danville, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to door hangers and has particular reference to a novel hanger adapted for vertical and lateral adjustment and provided with means for locking the vertical adjusting nut, the locking means comprising the means used for securing the door in its laterally adjusted position.

As is well known, it is desirablein many instances to provide means in connection with a door hanger for adjusting the door with relation to the track, both as regards vertical and lateral positions. I am aware that many devices having this object in view have been suggested, the present device being intended as an improvement thereon and including many advantages among which are simplicity, economy, ready adjustability and the ability to lock the adjusting means after the parts have been secured in their proper position.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fragment of a door to which my novel hanger has been applied, the adjusting element of the hanger being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, it will be seen that the door 10 is supported by plates 11, 12, secured to the door by bolts 13. The upper ends of the plates are bent at right angles, the thus formed flange being notched, as at 14, and provided with elongated apertures 15, one on each side of said notch. The plates are duplicates in this respect. The notch 14: is provided'in each of the flanges in order to enable the same to straddle or admit the supporting and vertical adjustment nut 16. The edges of the notch rest upon the flange 17 on the nut, a terminal annular flange 18 being provided on the nut, which serves to engage a bar 19 underlying the flanges on the plates 11, 12, and having upturned ends 20 which lie alongside the flanges. In order to enable the bar 19 to assume its position between the two flanges 17, 18, the aperture through the bar is made originally of a size to enable it to accommodate the large end of the nut, after which the bar is forged to reduce the size of the hole, to'the end that the bar and the nut are permanently associated, although in loose engagement whereby the nut may be readily rotated. It will be seen that the weight of the door is transmitted to the hanger through the flange 18 and the bar 19, each of which is of substantial size. The bar 19 is provided with round apertures registering with the elongated apertures 15 in the flanges of the plate, the registering apertures, accommodating fastening bolts 21. I/Vhen the bolts are tightened it will be seen that the flanges of the plate and the bar 19 are forced into firm engagement with the annular flange 17 on the nut 1-6 and when so clamped the nut cannot be tiirned nor can the same become loose through vibration to an extent sufiicient to change the vertical adjustment. The arrangement of the fastening bolts'in the manner described also permits of a lateral adjustment to the extent permitted by the slot 15.

. Seated within the adjusting nut 16 is the threaded standard or supporting bolt 22, the upper end of which carries a pin 23 seated in a yoke 24:, pivotally mounted by means of a pin 25 in the frame 26 of a trolley. Inasmuch as the trolley forms no part of the present invention I will not specifically describe the same.

It will be seen that by the use of the mechanism described a very flexible hanger is provided; there is in fact universality of movement as between the trolley and the door. This enables the trolley to accommodate itself to inequalities of the track and always to run freely. The adjusting and looking features of the adjusting element are thought to be of value because of their simplicity and ready adaptability to all conditions.

'1. In a door hanger, the'combi'nation of a pair of door-engaging plates having overlapping flanged ends, a supporting bar underlying said flanged ends, an adjusting nut which engages and supports said bar with freedom of rotative movement, another portion of said nut being engaged by said flanges and clamping means between said bar and said flanges whereby the parts may be held in adjusted position and said nut and engaging said nut and means permitting lateral movement of said plates relative to said bar and nut, said means when in clamping relation serving to hold said nut against rotation, substantially as described.

3. In a door hanger, the combination of door-engaging plates having angularly bent upper ends which overlap each other, a trolley, a swinging threaded stem projecting from said trolley, a vertical adjusting nut engaging said stem, a bar rotatably secured to said nut and adapted to underlie the angularly bent portions of said plates, and means for clamping said bar, said plates and said nut in rigid position, substantially as described.

4. In a door hanger, the combination of door-engaging plates, a trolley having a pendant threaded stem, a flanged nut engaging said stem, a bar supported on the flange of said nut, and means "for rigidly securing together said bar, said plate and said nut, substantially as described.

5. In a door hanger, the combination of a door-engaging plate having a lateral flange, a trolley having a depending threaded por tion, a nut engaging said threaded portion, said nut having an annular flange, a bar held by said nut through engagement with said annular flange, said bar underlying said lateral flange, and means for permitting lateral adjustment of said plate relative to said bar and for clamping said plate, bar and nut in rigid position, substantially as described.

6. In a door hanger, the combination of a trolley having a depending threaded portion, a nut engaging said portion, said nut having a pair of annular flanges, a bar rotatably held between said flanges, a doorengaging plate having a lateral flange which overlies said bar and which engages one of the flanges on said nut, and a bolt I'or clamping said bar and lateral flange together and for exerting a clamping action on one of said annular flanges oi the nut whereby said nut is held against rotation when the parts are in clamped position, substantially as described.

Signed at Danville, Illinois, this 13th day of April, 1916.

DONALD E. WVILLARD.

Witnesses ROY B. OLDER,

G. E. SOHERMAYER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by. addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

